Born and raised in Japan but currently living in Canterbury, Midori Takaki's work is clearly Japanese in influence with a strong emphasis on the figurative with the shades of folklore and legend. We have always welcomed Japanese makers into Bevere as they bring such different cultural perspectives and creative skills.

My work reflects the rugged scenery of the landscape, either in the context of wild places or in the nature of the South Pennine landscape where I live. Here, I draw my inspiration from the remains of the pre-industrial revolution era where farming and hand loom weaving were once the mainstay in this part of the world over 250 years ago...

Kaori grew up in a family who traded in pottery in Kyoto, Japan a city renowned for its ceramics. From a young age, then, she was surrounded by the simple, elegant forms of Japanese tableware.
Following her studies in Kyoto and the RCA in London she has exhibited frequently in London and Japan...

In 2000, after completing a degree in ceramics at the University of the West of England, he moved to Devon to embark upon an apprenticeship at Dartington Pottery. For the next five years he worked in several ceramics studios across the country gradually honing his making skills...

KARA TAYLOR
Kara considers herself lucky to live in a beautiful part of Pembrokeshire, Wales. Her work is a response to her surrounding environment. The native flora and fauna, organic shapes and colour palette that nature provides are the starting point for her creative process...

The source of inspiration for Louisa’s work stems from museum collections of historical dining vessels. She is fascinated by the rituals of dining and the role of tableware in contemporary dining. She wants to create an atmosphere of sharing and relaxed eating. Each piece is thrown in porcelain and freely assembled...

Sam has a pottery in Westhampton, Massachusetts. He makes woodfired stoneware pottery which is functional and decorative.
Sam makes everything on a Leach or treadle style wheel. He particularly likes to throw pots and then alter them, using a knife to cut facets or a paddle to change the form...

Sutton was born in Yorkshire in 1943. Despite originally training as a teacher, on his travels in Jamaica, Mexico and the USA, he met several potters and this lead him to return to England and set up his first pottery in Yorkshire.
Shortly after, he moved to Leeds, where he began to work in stoneware and porcelain. He also experimented widely with laminated clays...

Zoe takes her inspiration from the landscape.
In the studio, she usually works from field sketches. These sketches can be very simple representations of the landscape or more about the shapes and essence of the view which allow her some means of working back to the semi abstract...

Yo Thom was born in Tokyo. She came to England in 1996 to study 3D design at the Kent Institute of Art and Design. After her introductory year, she chose ceramics and completed an MA in Ceramics in 2000. Whilst studying at the college, she also worked for a studio potter in London and continued her apprenticeship for a further two years after graduation...

Natasha says
"I have been inspired by the degeneration of the treasures that have been discovered in collections like the Staffordshire hoard. The worn and corroded metals have once been treasures cherished by their owners. They have been lost and buried for hundreds of years being eaten away and rotting, waiting to be loved again...

Ali has always drawn and designed and loves the energy of random lines or marks, from a sketch, painting or found on stones or peeling paint. She enjoys how just a simple line can completely change the feeling of a piece.
Her work is a collection of thrown, uncluttered porcelain forms...